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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least one of the parents is blatantly lying in the Reason article. MV’s leadership specifically stated that parents and staff had similar support for continuing to mask. But I suppose it’s more fun to give an anti-teacher soundbyte. [/quote]

Isn’t MV not lifting their mask mandate until like the first week of May, and maybe not then?

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The parent along with others in the article told the writer that "the strict policies largely reflect the preferences of the staff rather than the parents." This isn't the clearly isn't the case at MV (see the survey results above), and accordingly, I have my doubts at the other schools.

I thought MV's rationale was well articulated to parents. They cited increasing cases at MV, the known impact of covid-19 vs. the unknown impact of masking, the physical challenge of implementing social distancing, 40% still unvaccinated, and not wanting to place all the burden and risk on vulnerable students and staff.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MrT6EAX6k4EW6uCsdts9t7WcoWn_gq-/view[/quote]

The survey results clearly show that there isn't a strong majority of either staff or students that want to continue to mask.  As a teacher in a school division that has been mask optional for more than a month, I feel for those staff members who are forced to wear masks when they don't want to.  Teaching with a mask on is the worst.  People who want to continue to mask can use a high quality mask.  It really isn't a big deal.  I would say 3/4 of our staff have chosen to ditch the masks and about the same number of students, but no one cares if someone chooses to mask.  [/quote]

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